Health status

• morbidity


  Refers to ill health - the rate at which a particular disease/illness occurs.
• mortality


  number of deaths in a population
• incidence


  the rate of new cases for a particular disease/illness at a specific time
• prevalence


  the number of cases of a specific disease/illness present in a population at a specific time
• DALY


  "Disability adjusted life year" - years of life lost due to premature death, illness or injury.
• YLL 


  years of life lost
• YLD


  years lost due to disability
• YLD


  measurement of healthy years lost due to disease, injury or disability
• Core activity limitation

  self-care, communication, mobility
• psychological distress


  unpleasant feelings and/or emotions that interfere with an individuals ability to preform daily activities.
• burden of disease


  (DALY) measure of impact of disease/injury specifically the gap between current health status and ideal health status
• life expectancy


  the time an individual is expected to live if death rates do not change
• Rates of hospitalisation


  the number of patients who experienced admitted patient care
• self assessed health status


  a persons own perceptions of their health